Toilet package



- Aug. 6, 1929. R. H. VAN SANT TOILET PACKAGE Filed- March .24 1928 J6 J7 jeobmji m/wams Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNITED STATES ROBERT E. VAN SANT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

TOILET PACKAGE.

Application filed. March 24, 1928.

This invention relates to devices for holding and dispensing powoer and other toilet preparations; and has for its principal object to prevent the loss of the preparation or the aromatic constituents thereof; to make the applicator cooperate with the container to form an inner closure or seal; to keep the marginal portions of the applicator tree from adhering particles of the preparation; and to generally improve devices of this kind.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent as the disclosure proceeds and the description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating selected embodiments of the invention, and in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of the preferred form of package;

Fig. 2 is a top moved; and

Fig. 3 is a central vertical section through the package,

These specific illustrations and the correspondingly specific description are, however, used for the purpose of disclosure only, and are not intended to impose a limitation on the claims, for it will be clear that other specific forms will embody the basic features of the invention.

The toilet preparation, such as powder, 10, is contained within a lower storage portion, generally indicated by 11, below an applicator, such as a powder puff, 12, yieldingly engaging a seat portion, generally indicated'by 13, and adapted to be withdrawn through a discharge opening 14 in a neck portion 15, provided with a closure cap or cover 16.

The bottom 17 is generally flat and provided with ribs 18 on its bottom surface, and at its margins curves upwardly and outwardly at 19 and blends with a substantially t'rusto-conical portion 20, the upper margins of which blend with an outwardly curving portion 21, which in turn blends with the gently curved outwardly inclined portion 22, which bends somewhat abruptly inward at 23, in blending with an inwardly curving portion 24, which is joined to the neck portion by an upward curve 25.

The result of this form is a jar having two well defined constrictions, one localized in the bend 20 and the other localized in the bend 25, between which lies the seat portion generally indicated at 13, particularly well plan view with the cover re- Serial No. 264,536.

suited for cooperation with the powder putt 12 01"" lambs wool, chainois, or the like, and of considerably greater dimensions than the opening 14, whereby it is cupped substantially as indicated in Fig. 3, in being forced through the opening 14 and into the seat 13. In this position the lower marginal area 26 of the puff has a relatively long engagen'ient with the wall 22, and the edge or rim portion 2. of the putt is pressed tightly against the wall portions 23 and 2a. This relation be tween the pun and the walls of the jar forms an effective inner closure, preventing t is escape of the toilet preparation or any of its aromatic constituents.

The pull may be of any suitable form, that shown being a substantially flat disc in its normal condition composed of a suitable filler and a cover 28 made of two pieces of lambs wool, stitched togetherat 29. A strap 30, of braid or the like, has its ends 31 inserted between the discs 28 and secured by the same stitching 29. As a general thing this strap will assume the position shown in when the pufi is forced into the jar.

The neck 15 is provided with a plurality of inclined ribs 32, forming interrupted th ds adapted to cooperate with lugs 33 on the flange portion 3a of the cover 16. The lower margin of the flange portion is provided with a head 35, which bears on a collar 36 on the neck 15.

The intermediate portion of the cover is convex, as indicated at 3. and its marginal portions are flat, as indicated at 38. to bear on the flat upper face 39 01" the jar: These two continuous contacts between the cover and the jar provide an additional outer seal for the package.

The intimate contacts between the marginal portion 26 of the putt and the wall shields the former from undesirable accumulation of powder thereon. lVithdrawing the pull causes the lower surface to change in such a way as to dislodge excessive powder that may have accumulated on it in traveling. When withdrawn the put? is sufiiciently large to overlap the upper end of the jar when placed thereon, and thus permits powder to be applied to the central portion of the puff only by inverting the This gives the user better control of the application than can be had with the ordinary means. The shape 01" the inner wall of the jar, and pardownwardly and having its marginal portions engaging the inclined walls of the seat portion.

2. In a device of the class described, a jar having an upwardly contracting lower stor age portion surmounted by an enlarged curving seat portion opening upwardly, and an applicator pushed into the seat portion and yieldingly closing the storage portion.

8. In a device of the class described, a jar having an opening at the top and an intermediately located surrounding seat in its inner wall, and an applicator having its marginal portion pressed into said seat.

4. In a device of the class described, a having an opening at the top and provided intermediately with two internal constrictions, the upper of which is of larger crosssectional area than the lower, and an applicator having its marginal portion between the two constrictions.

5. In a device o1 the class described, a jar having an opening at the top, an internal seat below the top, and an applicator cooperating with. the seat to prevent the passage of content above the seat.

6. In a device of the class described, a jar having an opening at the top, a removable closure therefor, and a removable applicator within the jar cooperating with the inner surface thereof to form an inner closure against the escape of the contents.

7. In a device of the class described, a jar having an opening at the top, a removable closure therefor, an internal seat in the jar, and a removable resilient applicator resting on the seat and cooperating with the inner surface of the jar to form an inner closure against the escape of the contents.

8. In a device of the class described, a jar having an opening at the top, and a horizontal internal groove forming a seat below the top, a resilient powder pull seated in the groove and removable through the top, and a closure for the top.

9. In a device of the class desc ibed, a jar having an opening at the top, a removable closure therefor, a charge of fluent material in the jar, an internal seat above the fluent material, and an applicator cooperating with the seat to confine the fluent material.

10. A package comprising a two compartment jar having an opening at the top, a removable closure therefor, a charge of fluent material in one compartment, an internal seat between the two compartments, and an applicator cooperating with the seat to separate the compartments and confine the fluent material.

11. In a device of the class described, a jar having an opening at the top and a horizontal internal groove forming a seat below the top, a resilient powder putt compressed in the seat and removable through the top, and a closure for the top.

12. In a device of the class described, a ar having an opening at one end, an internal seat between its ends, and a powder puff of greater dimensions than said opening and yieldingly engaging said seat.

13. In a device of the class described, a jar having an opening at the top, an internal seat below the top, and a powd r puff cooperating with the seat to prevent the passage of powder above the seat and presenting a restricted area to the powder below the seat.

14. In a device or" the class described, a ar having a discharge opening at the top and an internal scat below the top having dimensions greater than the discharge opening, and a powder puff of sufficient dimensions to cover the discharge opening adapted to be compressed into the seat.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ROBERT H. VAN SANT. 

